Bale-tie



(Nov Model.)

WY. P. HAYNE.- BLE TIE.

No. 517,511. Patented Feb. 2s, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

WILLIAM PHILIP IIAYNE, OF CAMPTI, LOUISIANA.

SALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577 ,511 dated February23, 1897.

l Application filed June 18, 1896. Serial No. 596,015. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that INVILLIAM PHILIP HAYNE, of Oampti, in the parish ofNatchitoches and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to a certain improvement, as hereinafter claimed,in bale-ties of the class constructed of wire.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a View showing a bale bound byties constructed and secured in accordance with my invention; and Fig.2, a view in perspective on a larger scale, showing one of the tiesshortened or broken away and bent for convenience of illustration.

Each tie is composed of a suitable length of appropriate Wire bent ordoubled upon itself midway its length to form a loop A at one end of thetie, from which end the two parts or members B B of the double tieextend side by side to a point adjacent to the opposite end, where theyare brought together, as at C, and securely united by twisting, as at a,leaving the two short forks or points b b close together or in contactwith each other at one end of the tie.

In securing the ties about a bale the forked and twisted end of each tieis passed through the looped end7 then doubled back, and the points orforks passed between the two members B B of the double tie and spreadout, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. The strain upon the ties due toexpansion of the bale as released from pressure causes the ends of therespective ties to become securely connected las the two members of atie press down upon the forks turned out beneath them, and also clampwith considerable force upon the twistedy part a, for obviously thetendency of the endwise strain upon the tie is to cause its two sides ormembers to approach each other or draw together where they are separatedby the entrance between them of the twisted wire.

By bringing the side-by-side members of the tie together for a suitabledistance before twisting proper interlooping of the tie ends isfacilitated by admitting of the part C being readily drawn to the properextent through the looped end after the threading therethrough of theforked end and adjacent twisted portion.

It will be seen that the tie is very A'simple and inexpensive inconstruction and adapted to be quickly and securely applied to use.

I claim as my invention- The bale-tie composed of wire doubled andhaving the loop at one end from which its two members extend side byside to near the opposite end which has the two points or short arms andadjacent to which the members come in contact and are twisted together,as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM PI-IILIP IIAYNE.

Witnesses:

H. R. MCGINTY, E. F. TAUZIM.

